From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978E66DE107D for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 13:12:58 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.005 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.005 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.004, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PXfaaF69YRlx for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 13:12:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A0176DE1079 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 13:12:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsZvh-0004Gk-In; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 16:12:53 -0500 Received: (nullmailer pid 30005 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:12:52 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , Notmuch Mail Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty In-Reply-To: <20190209173437.7970-1-dkg@fifthhorseman.net> References: <20190209173437.7970-1-dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 17:12:52 -0400 Message-ID: <87k1i83bu3.fsf@tethera.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:12:58 -0000 Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > When invoking gpg as a backgrounded tool, it's important to let gpg > know that it is backgrounded, to avoid spurious prompts or other > breakage. > > In particular, https://bugs.debian.org/913614 was a regression in > GnuPG which causes problems when importing keys without a terminal, > but gpg expects one. > > Ensuring that notmuch-emacs always invokes gpg as a background process > should avoid some of these unnecessary failure. > 1) I only skimmed the debian bug, but I hard the impression Werner said that --batch implied --no-tty? 2) How urgent is this? It will probably be at more than month before the next notmuch release, due to some sphinx issues that need some attention. Should we do a 0.28.2 point release ? I'd say basically if you think it's worth patching for debian we should do the point release for everyone. d